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Ars Victor

I was out at a monthly boardgame event and managed to get my first game of Ars Victor with Charles. As neither of us had played before we used one of the scenarios, number 3, from the back of the book which had two armies to use and a predefined board layout.

Ars Victor is a sci-fi(ish) themed board game that takes some of the unit themes of 40K Space Marines, Eldar and Imperial Guard and then combines it with a command and control system that is somewhat reminiscent of the Command and Colors system. Players have a deck of 24 cards that have two colours (gold and silver), four suits and values from 2 to 7. These cards are used each turn to determine the type (colour and suit) of units that can activate as well as how many. A more detailed description of the game can be found in the rules which are available as a PDF download from their website.